Police Blotter

* A Gaylord woman was struck by a car early Tuesday evening as she crossed Main Street at the South Otsego Ave. intersection in downtown Gaylord.

City Police reported Lori Dobosy, 25, Gaylord, was northbound on South Otsego Ave. attempting a right (east) turn onto Main in a 1998 Mercury, around 5 p.m. when she failed to yield to pedestrian, Laurie Clark, 25, Gaylord, as she crossed Main St. at the crosswalk.

According to investigators Do-bosy said she did not see the pedestrian as she was made the right turn. Investigators reported Dobosy admitted the pedestrian had the right of way and she was issued a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian. A witness told authorities Clark was crossing with the green light when she was struck by Dobosy's vehicle.

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Clark was transported to Ot-sego Memorial Hospital by Otsego County EMS-Rescue where she was treated and released.

Michigan State Police

Motorist rolls jeep on I-75

* According to authorities Curtis Mitchell, of Powers, rolled his 1979 Jeep as he attempted to pass a semi-truck while traveling south on I-75 early Tuesday afternoon.

Investigators reported Mitchell was southbound on I-75, just south of Winters Road in Corwith Township around 12:30 p.m. when he attempted to pass a semi-truck in the passing lane and lost control of his vehicle. Authorities say the Jeep rolled over several times before coming to rest on the west side of the highway.

Mitchell stated he was traveling between 60 and 65 miles per hour as he attempted to pass the truck, when he lost control of his vehicle for no reason. The driver also indicated he had recently purchased the Jeep and thought there might have been mechanical problems with the vehicle.

Inspection of the Jeep showed the leaf spring had recently been broken and the lift kit had been double-stacked with hockey pucks for support.

Otsego County Sheriff's Dept.

Motorcyclist loses

control in Chester Twp.

* A Vanderbilt man fell off his 1981 Honda motorcycle on Ranger Lake Road in Chester Township when his cycle left the road and ran into some soft sand.

Authorities say Roger Sehl, 37, was northbound on Ranger Lake Road Saturday, Aug. 18, around 10:45 p.m., just south of McCoy Road, when he reportedly swerved to miss a small animal on the road. Sehl's Honda then went off the road and hit a patch of soft sand, causing him to lose control and fall off the cycle.

Investigators reported Sehl was not injured in the fall and his motorcycle sustained minor damage.